[CH] RE: Rocotos in Northeast
Joe St. Lawrence (stlawrence@deathstar.comnet.ca)
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 15:36:36 +0000
Greetings,
I find my rocotos set fruit sooner if planted in a smallish
container. A 12" clay pot seems about perfect -- anything bigger and
fruit set appears to be delayed. In any event, mine have yet to set
any fruit before the summer solstice has passed -- maybe there is some kind of
day length trigger?
A 12" pot can produce a pretty decent crop despite its small size.
My plant in a 5 gallon bucket last year had fewer fruits than the
same variety in a 12 incher, and the same act is being played-out
this year with several fruits set in the twelves and none/a few in the
larger pots. (BTW I tried an 8" pot and it is just too small -- the
leaves yellow and the poor beasts languish.)
-joe (in Ottawa)